Inputs
Here you can pass the geometry to the Node where you want to retriangulate the N-gons.
If you want to limit the function of the Node to one selection, select the type of the active selection you want to evaluate here. You can choose from Points, Edges or Polygons. Requires a polygon selection at the end, which means that other selections will automatically be converted. All points or edges of an N-gon must be selected for it to be retriangulated.
Alternatively, an iteration of the point, edge, or polygon indices can be passed to the Node via the Selection input. If neither an active selection nor a Selection input is used, all polygons of the geometry will be processed automatically.
If you want to limit the function of the Node to only a part of the geometry, but there is no active selection, you can pass the indices of points, edges or polygons to the Node here. Remember to select the Type that matches the indices.
Here you can, for example, use the name of a selection in quotation marks that you want to read out, e.g., "MySelection". Otherwise, the default entry will use an active selection on the geometry.
You can also use special keywords and logical operations here to create a new selection from scratch or a combination of already saved selections. The following keywords and operations can be used:
- Default: This term causes an active selection currently present on the geometry to be used. If no selection is active, all points will be used.
- odd: This term is used to select all elements that have an odd index number.
- even: This term is used to select all elements that have an even index number.
- all: This selects all elements of the selected type.
- hidden: Selects the hidden elements of the geometry.
- Name of a saved selection: If you enter the name of a saved selection in quotation marks, this selection will be read and used. To use a combination of a saved selection and another keyword or selection, use quotation marks with the selection name.
- Index numbers: You can also use index numbers directly, just as you are used to from the Index Array From String Node.
- Mathematical and logical operations: Mathematical or logical operations can be used to combine selections. Using the string odd – "center" for instance selects all odd elements and then subtracts the selection that has been stored by the name "center". You can use +, -, & (logical and), | (logical or) as well as a comma to combine multiple selections or index sequences.